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Sunday, January 16, 2011

A huge forest fire in Israel in December generated a strong statement from Greenpeace:

“Greenpeace wishes to emphasize that this fire is a direct expression of the effects of climate change and global warming which threaten us all. Climate change is already here and it is taking a heavy human toll! We are at the beginning of the month of December and are experiencing summer temperatures and no rain. If there were rains this year, the ground and trees would have been wet and a fire of this sort would not have raged out of control in such a devastating way. Fires such as these can be expected to take place more frequently and in larger scales as a result of climate change.

Israel must take this warning sign seriously and take immediate measures in order to eradicate the effects of climate change. Israel must cancel its plans to construct another coal plant, reduce use of fossil fuels, and realize that we are dealing with an international struggle.”

The rains might be coming late this year for Israel, but it would help if an environmentalist? at a Rainbow Camp in the area hadn't set it off in the first place by lighting her toilet paper at a time of hot dry weather!

Meanwhile, I note that Greenpeace in the above extract urged Israel to not build any more coal fired power stations, and the NZ Greens told the Queenslanders to consider ending their coal production to save themselves from further flooding. Is this a common theme that will continue through 2011?

Zen, reading this, I thought "Ol Zen is taking the mickey again"--expecting to see the "sarcasm" tag at the bottom of the post. Your post goes to show once again that amongst the rabid greenists life imitates farce. LolJT